Op 1/03/2012 3:19, Conrad Lawes schreef:
> I have a unique requirement and I'm not sure if Bacula can do this. Here
> goes:
>
> I presently have 12 servers ( mixture of Windows and Linux) in my backup
> rotation. I plan to add a couple more clients soon. From Monday to
> Thursday, I do incremental backups to disk. On Friday a full weekly backup
> is started. This full backup is also written to disk. The full backup
> normally completes some time on Sunday evening. The end time varies
> depending on the amount data that is being backed up. On Sunday, I also
> have scheduled Copy job that archives the resent full backup to tape for
> offsite storage. The Copy Job takes 48-68 hours to complete. Our offsite
> storage provider picks up the tapes on Wednesday mornings.
>
> My problem is that sometimes the Copy-to-Tape job (D2T) starts BEFORE the
> Full backup (D2D) has completed. When this happens, I have to intervene and
> change the Copy Job schedule to later time to ensure that all the jobs in the
> full backup are captured. Instead of fiddling with the schedule settings to
> find the ideal time, I would like a flexible ( or scriptable??) scheduling
> option would start the Copy Job ONLY after the weekly full backup has
> completed. In so doing, I don't have to spend my Sunday evenings
> monitoring backup jobs.
>
>
> Any suggestion?
Maybe use different priorities for your weekly full and your copy jobs,
and disallow the running of mixed priority jobs?
Regards,
Jeremy
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